Escaping Culture Finding Your Place In The World

Author : Frederico Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781633180635
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escaping Culture - written by Frederico Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consider the author's observations as a hand-shake between friends. Peruse short, introspective vignettes over morning coffee, at lunch, while traveling, over a cocktail, or in the comfort of your favorite chair after a hectic day. Through a series of essays, poems, profiles and memoirs, Escaping Culture - Finding Your Place In The World opens our eyes to a world seen through an independent and different colored lens. It makes the case that we can transform our lives by breaking away from cultural traditions, customs and misplaced loyalties to gain fresh perspectives, personage and balance. The author explores how self-awareness and self-sufficiency liberates us from animus, bias, conformity and captivity. His life-altering observations advocate introspection over blind compliance, away from the overpowering order of peer groups, family, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, politics, work, friendships and nationality.

Author : C. J. Williams
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532608330
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Job written by C. J. Williams and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Job has been a rich source of truth and comfort for its readers throughout the ages, but the crowning glory of this book is the prophetic testimony it bears to the sufferings that Jesus Christ would endure as the savior of his people. The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Job examines the historical character of Job as a typological figure, whose experience of suffering leading to glory was meant to portray the work of Christ, and provide assurance and comfort to all who bear affliction in faith.

Author : M. David Sills
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802496873
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missionary Call written by M. David Sills and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is God calling you to do? Christ called His followers to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Simple enough, right? But not everyone can go to the ends of the earth, or we’d be abandoning the lost here at home. So, how are people supposed to determine whether they should stay or go, whether or not they’ve received “the call”? This updated edition of The Missionary Call explores the biblical, historical, and practical aspects of discerning and fulfilling God's call to serve as a missionary. Using Scripture and lessons from actual missionaries, Dr. Sills cuts through the prevailing confusion to offer much needed biblical wisdom and clarity. This volume also includes pertinent new content on: how business professionals overseas can participate in missions the advantages and disadvantages of using technology to do missions work long-distance how globalization and urbanization are changing missions today the pros and cons of short-term mission trips and how to do them effectively and more!

Author : Joe Obidiegwu
Publisher : First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN 13 : 1622879805
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Your Way To Heaven Without a Smartphone written by Joe Obidiegwu and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In efforts to understand the human being, our history, and our future, the story takes the reader through three different continents, gleaning cultural well-being and malaise of different races. The book highlights the common bond between all human races, while exploring reasons for the perceived outer differences our modern world hurtles forward, driven as it is by powerful technological engines of change, characterized by an obsessive and often idolatrous worship of intelligence, ruminative men and women all around the world ponder in the silence of their soul the fate of humanity. In the West, depression, suicide, incomprehensible mass shootings and myriad psychological disorders litter our cultural landscape, while abject poverty ravage developing nations. We have become highly intelligent beings that cannot solve our problems, yet we inhabit a natural world created out of wisdom and much of that wisdom is not reflected in our thoughts and lifestyle Modern man's obsession with intelligence and the material world has left him a stranger to spiritual things and wisdom. Consequently, humanity is left vulnerable to inexplicable and undiagnosed suffering. in an attempt to diagnose what ails modern man, this book presents a convincing and thought-provoking argument that we have forgotten who we are, and in so doing, have built a world terribly out of order with our divine nature. By walking the reader through my Nigerian upbringing and subsequent arrival in the West, I reveal some timeless wisdom that I believe can serve as a cure for some of the things that trouble us today. This inimitable book lights a path directing us again to who we truly are. It is a timely and deft clarion call to all of us. Finding Your Way to Heaven Without a Smartphone is a mixture of autobiography, cultural inquiry and philosophy. Joseph Obidiegwu, an Igbo from Nigeria, has lived on three continents. He has the necessary perspective and wisdom to look at the world's masquerade from different angles. There is no romanticization of traditional African village life, nor is there blind acceptance of the hectic to and fro of modern life on planet Smartphone. Don Burness, Ph.D. Professor of Literature at Franklin Pierce College Author of Echoes of the Sunbird and Wanasema Keywords: Inimitable, Interesting, Insightful, Autobiographical, Philosophical, Spiritual, Cultural, Thought-Provoking, Inspiring, Life-Changing

Author : Jon Hegglund
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199796106
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Views written by Jon Hegglund and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Views examines literary representations of spatial form within the contexts of the emerging disciplines of geography, geopolitics, and international relations, positing that modernism's experimental engagements with space intended to imagine alternatives to the new world order.

Author : L.E. Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982140356
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planning Your Escape written by L.E. Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never get stuck inside an escape room again, with this strategy guidebook to beating your favorite immersive interactive game—from a well-known game designer and puzzle enthusiast Chances are you have visited an escape room, whether for a birthday party, a corporate team-building exercise, or as a weekend excursion with your friends. But what does it take to maximize your chances of solving the puzzles, while ensuring everyone has a good time along the way? Planning Your Escape is the perfect guide to making sure you never get stuck in another escape room again. Game designer extraordinaire Laura Hall has all the best strategies for every room you might encounter, so your team can function like a well-oiled machine. This guide offers: -A history of puzzles and experiential entertainment, from the 4,000-year-old dexterity puzzles of Mohenjo-daro to the spectacle of immersive theater installations like Secret Cinema, Meow Wolf, and Sleep No More; -Different types of escape rooms, and solvable examples of the common puzzles they employ; -Common escape room player personality types, and how best to work with them; and -Advice for constructing your own escape rooms and puzzle hunts Bringing in a cast of experts, Planning Your Escape is the must-have strategy book for any escape room enthusiast, puzzle fan, and aspiring experience designer. Get ready to wow your friends and impress your co-workers with your new skills, and never enter a room you can’t get out of again!

Author : Andrew Cohen
Publisher : SelectBooks
ISBN 13 : 1590792092
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Enlightenment written by Andrew Cohen and published by SelectBooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cohen has re-envisioned spiritual enlightenment in a completely new context. This context is, as he writes, nothing less than the 14-billion-year epic of our cosmic evolution--a vast perspective that enhances and enlarges to almost infinite proportions the sense of the significance of what it means to be human.

Author : Nancy Baron
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597269654
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape from the Ivory Tower written by Nancy Baron and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. No matter what your specialty, the keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. In this practical and entertaining guide to communicating science, Baron explains how to engage your audience and explain why a particular finding matters. She explores how to ace your interview, promote a paper, enter the political fray, and use new media to connect with your audience. The book includes advice from journalists, decision makers, new media experts, bloggers and some of the thousands of scientists who have participated in her communication workshops. Many of the researchers she has worked with have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. Baron and her protégées describe the risks and rewards of “speaking up,” how to deal with criticism, and the link between communications and leadership. The final chapter, ‘Leading the Way’ offers guidance to scientists who want to become agents of change and make your science matter. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned veteran looking to hone your skills, Escape From the Ivory Tower can help make your science understood, appreciated and perhaps acted upon.

Author : David Torevell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000930769
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts written by David Torevell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the connection between the world of mental health in the twenty-first century and the traditional concept of desire in Christianity and the Arts. It draws parallels between the desire for rest from anxiety among mental health sufferers with the longing for peace and happiness in Religion and the Arts. The author presents Biblical, philosophical and theological insights alongside artistic ones, arguing that desire for rest remains at the heart of spiritual living as well as mental health recovery. The chapters draw from historical and contemporary voices, including Plato, Augustine of Hippo, Julian of Norwich, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Simone Weil, Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Louis Chrétien, Eric Varden and others. The study demonstrates why longing continues to fascinate and grip individuals, creative endeavour and society at large, not least in the development of the understanding of mental health. It is valuable for scholars and advanced students of Christian theology and those interested in spirituality and the arts in particular.

Author : Frederico Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escaping Culture - the Reckoning written by Frederico Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklovers will appreciate the commonalities and interaction between the written word and the transitory nature of photography in "Escaping Culture - The Reckoning" a visual perspective on a wide variety of contemporary topics through the interaction of three separate but connected mediums - a trinity of social commentary, photography, and parody. Photography is the visual language used to interact with prose, and caricature by design cuts through prevailing attitudes and conformity. These forms of expression are intrinsically related, sister-means of reflection, and revelation. Collaboratively they strip bare ambiguity, converging on matters readers should be informed and not on extraneous content that clouds the mind suffocating instinct, intuition, and common sense. The book is available on Amazon in June 2020.